Haroon Hashmi
Director, Drug Development in Asia-Pacific, Biogen Idec,

Haroon Hashmi has a combined 10 years of biotechnology experience in the areas of analytical development, regulatory (US, EU, Canada, and Japan) and program management. He is currently Manager Regulatory Affairs and is responsible for three early stage and one late stage program. He also performs the role of Program Manager in Program and Alliance Management, managing drug development in Japan. Haroon is also a part-time Lecturer in the department of Health Professions and Sciences at Northeastern University.

Prior to joining Biogen Idec in 2002, he worked for Biomira Inc., a biotech company focusing on cancer vaccines, in Edmonton, Canada. Haroon is working on his PhD in Public Health - Epidemiology and currently holds an MSc in Experimental Medicine (Oncology) from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and an MSc in Microbiology from the University of Karachi, Pakistan